With Nancy Shaver’s resignation as St. Augustine Mayor yesterday, Thursday, February 28th, the clock started running for the remaining four members of the city commission to select an interim mayor to complete her term of office.
Following are some of the most asked questions of Historic City News reporters about that process with answers provided by city staff.
Historic City News learned that former St Johns County Assistant County Administrator, Jerry Cameron of St Augustine, starts a new contract as the interim County Administrator for neighboring Flagler County effective today, March 1, 2019.
St Augustine Mayor Nancy Shaver says that she has come to a difficult decision. After talking with her medical team and family members, it is with deep regret that she resigns her elected position effective immediately. The mayor told local Historic City News reporters that this choice is necessary in order to focus on her recovery from Monday night’s stroke.
In what turned out to be nothing more than a three-minute verbal assault against the mayor and city commission Monday night, Historic City News listened closely as Gainesville resident Ronald Rawls, Jr.; an overbearing man whose wife was recently elected to the Alachua County Court bench, delivered some more threatening words.
Following last evening’s meeting of the St. Augustine City Commission, St. Augustine Mayor Nancy Shaver suffered a stroke while still at City Hall. Shaver was transported to Flagler Hospital and then transferred to Baptist Medical Center in Jacksonville.
As St Augustine’s new city commission settles in, one of the pieces of housekeeping to be done each two years is the assignment of liaison positions to various organizations who typically are involved in multi-jurisdictional projects.
On February 28, 2019, Historic City News readers are invited to attend a Town Hall meeting being held by St Augustine Beach Mayor Undine C. George in the “Flagler A” conference room at the Courtyard by Marriott Hotel.
Historic City News readers are invited to the St Johns County Administration building located at 500 San Sebastian View in St Augustine at 4:00 p.m. on this Friday, February 22nd, when our new Circuit Judge, Christopher Ferebee, will be formally sworn into office.
